St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-06
THE WEEK ABROAD.
A Review of Events in Europe by
the Globes Special Gable COrre-
SpOndent.

the Globes Special Gable Core
spondent.
By Cable to the Globe.
| LONDON, Nov. 5.-The cabinet at its
meeting this week considered the bust
ness for the next session and also a
further measure for the enforcement OF
law in Ireland. Mr.. GOschen has the
question of land purchase more at heart
than any other member of the cabinent,
but as he expressed himself as con-
yinced of the impracticability of setting
aside English legislation in its favor, no
one else insisted unduly on its claims to
priority. His submission on this point
has been received with general satisfac-
| ton by the Conservatives, for outside a
small official circle and the few Irish
| supporters Of the government, whose
personal interests are affected, the land
| purchase proposals have no friends.
! There is not single Conservative MEM
Der who does not dread the effect which
the introduction of land purchase bill
may have on the minds of his con-
StituentS. The
LAND PURCHASE SCHEME,
however, is not to be shelved for next
season. The government will allow the
procedure of the house to resume its
normal course next year-that private
members" at all events during the early
part of the session will be allowed the
enjoyment of their rights, and the land
purchase bill will be introduced and
allowed to take its chance on govern
ment rights alternately with measures
of general interest. Of course, if it
fails to get through, 'the responsibility
will not rest with the opposition"
Lord Harrington and his friends are
unable to divest themselves of the idea
that the settlement of the agrarian
difficulty will get rid of the agitation for
home rule, desired the government to
make the experiment without delay,
and compromise was effected by which
the measure was allowed to take the
above course. The matter was left to a
committee of the cabinet, consisting of
the prime minister, Mr.. Smith, Mr..
Gosehen, Mr.. BalfOur and Lord Ash
bourne to prepare scheme or to weigh
the merits of the various schemes which
have already been drafted.
THE DETAILS
are not likely to be settled much before
the meeting of parliament. Lord Hart
ington and his followers pledged them
selves to support the government vigOr-
Ously in any action it may see fit to take,
within the limits OF the crimes act, for
the suppression of the league. Lord
Salisbury and Mr.. BalfOur are disposed
to lend an ear to the cOunSelS of the
Irish landlords, and the so-called loyal
ist leaders, who are pressing the gov
ernment very hard to enter upon life
and death struggle with the league, and
are once more threatening to take mat
tiers into their own hands, unless the
Dublin executive acts vigorously in
their behalf. But there is an influential
section of the government itself and
still more influential section of the min
isterial following, which is in revolt
against the idea of permitting the Irish
tories to dictate the conservative policy.
Many of the conservative members, who
have once more begun to haunt the po
litical clubs, complain bitterly that the
evictionS in Ireland and the indications
the government has given of sympathy
with the landlords, have done more
harm than all the acts of their political
opponents. ''These Irish landlords will
ruin US if we give way to them,'' is the
openly expressed opinion of member
of the government, who has been often |
talked of for cabinet rank, and who is
generally regarded as an old tory, into |
the bargain. Although it is true that
Mr.. BalfOur'S house of commons repu-
tation has much increased, it is not less |
a fact that he Is unsuccessful, even in
the opinion of some of his friends, in
the difficult place he holds at Dublin
castle. Mr.. Balfour is clever and high
m inded, but he is constitutionally unit